diff --git a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
index c09b1ef1ef..21aa58d2bc 100644
--- a/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
+++ b/Doc/commontex/boilerplate.tex
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 	Email: \email{docs@python.org}
 }
 
-\date{December 19, 2003}	% XXX update before final release!
+%\date{\today}
+\date{May 13, 2003}		% XXX update before final release!
 \input{patchlevel}		% include Python version information